How to reduce your risk of needing an episiotomy during birth with a stunningly simple massage technique

How to be confident and informed when dealing with the medical staff – when to question, what to ask…and when it’s time to let them take charge

How to release any fears you might have about childbirth…regardless of where they come from

How to bring about your own easy start of labour with these simple, natural techniques, if you go beyond your “estimated due date”

Most importantly, you’ll know how to relax and staycalmandin control– regardless of what’s happening around you

Hypnobirthing is designed as a structured but informal class format that teaches about the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of birth. You’ll learnwhyyour body does what it does, as well as how.

More benefits

High number of comfortable, natural births with no technological assistance

A high rate of success in assisting breech-presented babies to turn into appropriate birthing position with the use of posture and hypnosis (in a study done at the University of Vermont of 100 women at 37 to 40 weeks, there was a81% success rate with hypnosis)

Highly energized mums in good spirits following births that are calm and gentle

You’ll learn the techniques once for this birth, but then you can then use them again and again, no matter how many children you have

Hypnobirthing techniques work very effectively with home births, water births, hospital births, birthing centres…whatever. It’s your choice what kind of birth to have – Hypnobirthing helps them all.

You can use the techniques to help calm and relax yourselfanytime you feel stressed out…(we’ve had many couples tell us this alone has beeninvaluable!)

What you’ll learn through Hypnobirthing is how you can confidently approach asafe, easier andmore comfortablenatural birth.

We can’t promise you a ‘perfect’ birth – no one can – but wecanpromise you a much,muchmore comfortable and relaxed birth than you would have had otherwise.

Does it help the baby too?

Yes.We find that babies born using Hypnobirthing tend to be calmer, feed better, sleep better and experience less trauma, because they are gently and calmly breathed into the world at their own pace.

Scientific research has also shown that the babies usually havehigher Agpar scoresas well (a measure of how well your baby is doing immediately after the birth, and then five minutes later).

Finally – something useful for the dad to do!

Instead of your husband or partner being a helpless onlooker, they become acentralpart of the birthing process, helping you to stay calm and focussed on the techniques you’ve been taught.

As a result, the fathers feelproudto have been able to help, and to be an active part of the birth.